#1572: Staying Positive In A Pandemic |The Best Of Our Knowledge

November 06, 2020 00:27:32
#1572: Staying Positive In A Pandemic |The Best Of Our Knowledge
The Best Of Our Knowledge
#1572: Staying Positive In A Pandemic |The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nov 06 2020 | 00:27:32

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Show Notes

There’s a course at Towson university in Maryland that teaches a class in positive psychology. This week on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll learn how this class stays positive during a pandemic. We’ll also learn how a school system  survived a cyberattack, hear how machine learning is helping COVID testing, and spend an Academic Minute […]

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